Sensors, Vol. 22, Pages 7197: Robotic Biofeedback for Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review

Sensors, Vol. 22, Pages 7197: Robotic Biofeedback for Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review Sensors doi: 10.3390/s22197197 Authors: Cristiana Pinheiro Joana Figueiredo João Cerqueira Cristina P. Santos This review aims to recommend directions for future research on robotic biofeedback towards prompt post-stroke gait rehabilitation by investigating the technical and clinical specifications of biofeedback systems (BSs), including the complementary use with assistive devices and/or physiotherapist-oriented cues. A literature search was conducted from January 2019 to September 2022 on Cochrane, Embase, PubMed, PEDro, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. Data regarding technical (sensors, biofeedback parameters, actuators, control strategies, assistive devices, physiotherapist-oriented cues) and clinical (participants’ characteristics, protocols, outcome measures, BSs’ effects) specifications of BSs were extracted from the relevant studies. A total of 31 studies were reviewed, which included 660 stroke survivors. Most studies reported visual biofeedback driven according to the comparison between real-time kinetic or spatiotemporal data from wearable sensors and a threshold. Most studies achieved statistically significant improvements on sensor-based and clinical outcomes between at least two evaluation time points. Future research should study the effectiveness of using multiple wearable sensors and actuators to provide perso...
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